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[English Version] Tiberius, röm. Kaiser (16.11…

[English Version] . Innerhalb der Rede des Hohenpriesters Gamaliel (Apg 5,35–39) wird an die Aufstandsbewegungen des Th. (mit etwa 400 Mann Anhang) und des Judas des Galiläers in den Tagen des Census (wohl 6 n.Chr.) erinnert, die beide erfolglos waren. Die gesch. Einordnung des Th. in die Zeit vor Judas ist mit der Angabe bei Flav.Jos.Ant. XX…

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[German Version] (Nov 16, 42 bce, Rome – Mar 16, 37 ce, Misenum [moder…

[German Version] The speech of the high priest Gamaliel …

[German Version] (Annas; in Jos.: Ananos), high priest, the son of Sethi. Annas was installed as high priest in 6 ce by the Roman legate of Syria Quirinius (Jos. Ant. XVIII 26) and deposed in 15 ce by the Roman procurator Valerius Gratus ( Ant. XVIII 34) although he continued to bear the title (L…

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[German Version] (Oct 1, 10 bce, Lyon – Oct 13, 54 ce, Rome). Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus was proclaimed emperor after the death of Caligula (Jan 24, 41 ce). He was poisoned by Agrippina, one of his wives, who wanted to secure the succession for her son Nero. Under Claudius, the imperial administration was expanded and the boundaries of the empire were extended. He promoted the ancient Roman cults (Roman religion). Unlike Caligula, however, he did not encourage the religious veneration of the emperor's person. According to Cassius Dio (60.6.6), Claudius decreed an assembly ba…

[German Version] Hananias (Ananias), the son of Nedebaeus, was appointed high priest by Herod, king of Chalcis, in 47 ce (Agrippa I and II; Jos. Ant. XX 5.2) and replaced by Ishmael under King Agrippa II in 59 ce ( Ant. XX 8.8). Following an altercation between Jews and Samaritans, Ananias was put in chains and sent with a delegation to the Roman emperor Claudius to give an account of himself (Jos. Bell. II 12.6; Ant. XX 6.2). In Acts 23:1–10, Paul faces Ananias during his interrogation by the Sanhedrin (the insult “whitewashed wall” is uttered according to Acts 23:3). Acts 24:1–21 recounts how a Jewish delegation led by Ananias appears before the Roman governor Felix in Caesarea in order to bring up a charge against Paul. Even after his depo…

1. In the History of Religion 1.1. Perspectives on Creation Philosophy and natural science trace the origin of the world and humanity back to impersonal, law-governed causes. Religion, however, finds a suprahuman plan behind life and its foundations. In addition to the elementary language of confession (Confession of Faith), reflection on creation also can draw on philosophical and scientific argumentation, which makes use of elements and general concepts familiar from the world around us. It may also use the language of myth, which presents creation ¶ in the story of a one-time, fundamental event. Myth and the religious confession make the regularity of the world dependent upon this event and put humanity in the center, whereas philosophy uses myth in a conscious, nonmythical way to depict creation as a sequence in time, even though in truth it regards the world as timeless. For confession the world finds its inner basis and meaning in the central experience of the divine power’s self-revelation as Creator. According to myth, today’s order a…

[German Version] I. Concept and Scope – II. Religious Studies – III. Bible – IV. Judaism – V. As a Theological Discipline – VI. As a Philosophical Discipline (Business Ethics, Discourse Ethics, Economic Ethics, Ethics, Bio-Medical Issues, Ethics Commissions, Ethics Education, Ethics of Conviction, Ethics of Duty, Ethics of Goods, Ethics of Responsibility, Evolutionary Ethics, Fraternal Ethics, Individual Ethics, Interim E…